Improvement in corn-shellbrs



D. E. FIELD.

Corn Sheller;

No. 99,768. Patented Feb. 15. 1870- N-PETER5, FNOTO-LITHDGRAPHER; WASHINGTONv D O.

idnitrtgstatre iglatrnt dtfifiira DANIEL E. FIELD, OF LEAKSVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA, ASSIGNOR TO HIM-- SELF AND GOLLETT LEVENTHORPE, OF NEW YORK CITY.

Letters Patent No. 99,768, dated February 15, 1870.

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The Schedule referred to in those Letters Patent and making pan of the same To all whom it may concern:

Be it'known that I,.DAI\"IEL E. than, of Leaksville, in the county of Rockingham, and State of North Carolina, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Oorn-Shellers; and I do hereby-declare that the following is afull, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being bad to the annexed drawing making part of this specification.

Figure 1 represents a side view of my improved corn sheller, and 1 Figure 2 is a horizont- 1 section.

The nature of the invention consists in constructing a corn-sheller so as to enable the operator to shell two ears of the corn at the same time, by the employment of the two cars in the first, and the two cobs in the latter stage of the operation, in the place of handles to rotate the shelling-mechanism, thus dispensing with gearing. It follows that the machine can shell one ear instead of two, if necessary.

My improved corn-sheller consists of a wheel, a,

steadied in the frame I) by the three grooved friction wheels, 0 c c. The frame I; is made adjustable, so as to he changed easily when the friction-wheels c c c become worn.

The machine being fastened in an'upright position by the hook 2 and'pin d, or any other oontrivance on the base of frame b, the two rings, e 0, within the wheel a, receive the tops of the two ears of corn, which are introduced simultaneously on the light and on the left side by the right and left hands of the operator.

The tops;of the two cars thus'intro-duced are received within the openings through the rings'e e, and said rings are supplied with one or more stationary teeth or strippers, f f f j; and one or more movable teeth, 9 g g g, governed by the spiral springs h h It 71..

The two ears of corn thus become the handles with which to turn the wheel a. The cobs pass through the rings e as the shelling proceeds, and when of snf ficient length are seized in their turn by shifting the hands, and used as handles'until the operation is comiete. I

The stationary and movable teeth are set at such anangle or inclination that their points lie in the proper direction. to draw the unshelled e'ars Wheel a is revolved on its axis.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters .Iatcut, is-

The combination of thewheel a and the two rings 6 0, containing the fixed and movable teeth f f f f and g g,arranged and operated as described, for the purposes set forth. In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my signatnre, this 4th day of Decemher,'in the year of our Lord, 1869, and of the independence of the United States of America the ninety-third.

D. E. FIELD.

Witnesses:

Jones W. BURTON, J. B. GUERRANT.

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